First Nations By methuzalemm.1 Jan 1, 1534 Cartier lands in Newfoundland Jan 1, 1604 Champlain establishes Port Royal Jan 1, 1608 Champlain establishes Quebec City Jan 1, 1663 First Filles du Rois arrive in New France Jan 1, 1665 Jean Talon, intendant of New France Jan 1, 1668 Radisson and des Groseilliers reach Hudson Bay Jan 1, 1668 Jean Talon, intendant of New France Jan 1, 1670 King of England grants Hudson’s Bay Company a monopoly of trade in Rupertsland Jan 1, 1755 Expulsion of the Acadians Jan 1, 1756 Seven Years War Jan 1, 1759 British conquest of Quebec Jan 1, 1760 Ends of British conquest of Quebec Jan 1, 1763 Treaty of Paris Feb 16, 1763 End of Seven Years War Jan 1, 1770 Establishment of the Northwest Company and expansion of HBC trading postsinto the interior; voyageurs and Métis nation Mar 2, 2022 Vikings land in L'Anse aux Meadows Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Jan 1, 1770 First Nations and Nouvelle-France